Finger Pointing

We just love to point our fingers at people, don’t we?

There’s been numerous headlines of late of politicians behaving badly….and the media loves it.  Swarming like bees, they hover and sting from every angle.  They act as if they are bringing us information, but what they are feeding is our appetite for drama.  Just as drivers slow to rubber neck at a car accident, we stop to view and judge the unfolding disaster of someone’s life or career.

Charlie Sheen was a good example of this recently…we couldn’t get enough of hearing about and watching his personal train wreck…to witness his demise.

Perhaps it’s because it makes us feel superior when we judge and degrade.  In seeing others destroyed, we somehow feel better about our existence…more secure in our imperfect lives.

It’s sad really.  Because the truth is, when people are going through hard times, through a personal crisis, we shouldn’t watch from the outside and make judgements.  We should send good energy and healing thoughts their way – so that they can weather their storms.  None of us…not a person alive can say that they haven’t endured personal struggle, confusion, discomfort, fear.  It is part of our path – part of what connects us as people.  So shouldn’t that bring us together instead of dividing us into the “I’m better than you” segments of society? 

Sure, yes – some of us have made HUGE mistakes…where others haven’t.  Does that make one person more important, more worthy of love and understanding?  I don’t think so.  At least that’s the way I feel.  Because compassion and understanding is something we could all use a little more of.